Archive for the ‘Childrens dental care’ Category

Milk teeth: Cure-all or fairy tale?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Should children’s discarded milk teeth be preserved as a potential ‘repair kits’ for adult bodies? Kate Hilpern reports on a fad that divides expert opinion.

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Plan to make pre-school trip to dentist law in US gets UK charity’s approval

Monday, April 14th, 2008

A controversial US bill requiring all children to have a dental exam before starting school, would be welcome here in the UK by the British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF).

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Girl with dentist phobia dies after teeth surgery

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

A schoolgirl with a phobia of dentists died after refusing to eat or speak when she woke from surgery to find all her milk teeth had been removed.

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Shocking figures reveal the state of our children’s teeth

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

SHOCKING statistics have revealed children as young as five years old in Caerphilly have been found to have an average of three missing, decayed or filled teeth.

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Pupils to get free toothbrushes

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Children in Wales aged between three and five will be given free toothbrushes and toothpaste to stem “unacceptable” rates of dental decay.

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‘Some kids have never seen a toothbrush, let alone toothpaste’

Friday, March 14th, 2008

CHILDREN will be given lessons in how to brush their teeth properly.

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Brush with authority is vital in our rotten state

Friday, March 14th, 2008

AT FIRST glance the idea of the Government telling children how to clean their teeth properly smacks of a nanny state. But in the case of Wales, with its appalling oral health record, not least among children, nanny statism is not necessarily a bad thing.

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Children wait years for dental surgery

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

More than 10,000 children suffering from crippling teeth problems, including jaw deformities, are waiting up to seven years for treatment.

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Children wait years for vital dental care

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

MORE than 10,000 children with severe dental problems including jaw deformities and an inability to bite properly are waiting up to seven years for corrective treatment on the National Health Service.

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DENTAL SCANDAL HITTING 500,000

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

ALMOST half-a-million adults and 70,000 children have lost their NHS dentist after disastrous Government reforms.

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